Fall Yard Work Made Easy: Best Tools

Any time spent clearing, cleaning, and prepping your property with these fuss-free tools will pay off with a lush lawn come spring.

The Able Aerator: Yard Butler Manual Lawn Coring Aerator ID-6C

Fertilizer won't do much good unless it's got room to work. Step on the bridge between the two hollow steel tubes of the Yard Butler Manual Lawn Coring Aerator ID-6C and it will pull out 3.5-inch-long grass plugs, increasing the soil's oxygen level and allowing nutrients to reach the lawn's roots. [$30; yardbutlerstore.com]